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constitute a sale

English translation: They get paid for it

07:33 Mar 29, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Medical: Health Care
English term or phrase: constitute a sale
Disclosures for psychotherapy notes, disclosures for marketing purposes and disclosures that constitute a sale of protected health information require your authorization.

What does it mean constitute a sale in this context?


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Boutsady SAYAKOUMMANE
Italy
Local time: 12:17
Selected answer:They get paid for it
Explanation:
Or receive some other valuable consideration. Note that this sentence does not prohibit them from giving away the information for free.
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Terry Richards
France
Local time: 12:17
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
5 +5They get paid for it
Terry Richards
4 +1compose/form a sale
Yasutomo Kanazawa
4 +1amounts to a sale
Daryo


  

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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
They get paid for it


Explanation:
Or receive some other valuable consideration. Note that this sentence does not prohibit them from giving away the information for free.


Terry Richards
France
Local time: 12:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Edith Kelly
3 mins
agree  Steffen Walter
50 mins
agree  philgoddard
5 hrs
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
6 hrs
agree  acetran
1 day 2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
compose/form a sale


Explanation:
Constitute a sale here means that the protected health information, such as disclosures for psychotherapy notes, disclosures for marketing purposes and disclosures which compose or form a selling requires your authorization. This means that one cannot sell protected health information which would be subject to selling needs authorization.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/constitute
1. to make up; form; compose: the people who constitute a jury.


Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 19:17
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 20

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agree  acetran
1 day 2 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
amounts to a sale


Explanation:
any deal / arrangement that has the same final result as an open/undisguised sale

i.e. it may not be labelled a "sale" (of information) but amounts to it / has all the characteristics of a sale contract

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:17
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
5 hrs
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